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UNITED PATENT oFFioE.

GEORGE A. MEACHAM, oF NEW YORK, N. Y.

WINDOW-WASHER.

Specication of Letters Patent No. 12,340, dated January 30, 1855.

To all whom t may concern: l

Be it known thatI, GEORGE A. MEAGHAM, of the city, county, and State ofNew York,

have invented a new, useful, and Improved Mode of ConstructingWindow-Washers; and I do hereby declare that the following Ais a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had vto theaccompanying drawings and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, allof which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of my washer and of a window sash andframe. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of a window with an apron att-ached.Fig. 3 is a side view of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a top view o-f the apronframe. Like letters in the different figures designate like parts.

A A is the window.

B is a pail, or vessel containing` water with which the window is to bewashed.

C is a pipe, or hose attached' to thebottom of the vessel B and runninginto the handle DI D is a hollow handle, so arranged that the water fromthe hose C may freely run through it into the sponge or brush E. f

E'is a sponge or brush, which is used to wash the window and which isplaced securely over one end of t-he handleD so that the water mayfreely run into it.

F is a post or standard firmly fastened into a piece of board or havinglegs so that it may not be upset.

G, Gr, are notches cut in the side of the post or standard F for thepurpose of receiving the pawl H.

H is a pawl one end of which is fastened l to the lower end of the rodby a pin so as to raise up and down when desired as hereafter described.

I is a rod the lower end of which is fasi tened by a. pin to pawl H.

J is a piece of metal or wood firmly secured on the top of the standardF, in this piece is a hole through which slides the rod I. On the to-por upper end of the rod I, I support by any known contrivance the pailor vessel B.

K is an apron placed under the window to receive the water which runsdown the window. This apron is made of india rubber cloth or somesimilar material.

Fig. 4 is a top view of the apron frame. This frame is made of wire, andhas two part-s L and M. The wires 1, 1, 1, 1, are yattached to the partL and the wires 2, 2, 2, 2, are attached to the part M. At the fartherends of the wires l, 1, 1, 1, are rings which go around the wires 2, 2,2, 2 and at the farther ends of the wires 2, 2, 2, 2 are rings whichinclose the wires 1, l, 1, 1. By pushing the parts L and M, toward eachother the apron is made narrow and by pulling them apart the apron ismade wide so as to adapt it to windows of differentv sizes.

N is a pipe or hose running from the lowest part of the apron Kto thepail or'vessel O, and so arranged that the water which falls into theapron may freely pass through it into the pail or vessel O.

O is a pail or vessel which is to receive the water from the pipe orhose N.

P is a stop cock in the handle D, which may be turned to let on or shutoff' the flow of water as the operator may desire.

To operate my washer I place under the window, in the sash, the apron Kand let the pipe or hose N hang in the vessel O as shown inFig. 1. Ithen set the standard P, and the parts attached at some convenientposition by the window to be washed, either within, or without the houseas shall be most convenient. I neXt attach the vessel B (it being filledwith water) to the top of the rod I and elevate it to the desiredheighth by lifting the rod I.r It is held in this position by the pawlcatching in the notches G. The water in the vessel B being higher thanvthe window flows through the hose C into the handle D and through thehandle D into the sponge or brush E. The operator takes hold of thehandle D and washes the window by rubbing against it the brush or spongeE. This arrangement it will be observed possesses this peculiaradvantage and that is the water Hows through the sponge or brush at thevery moment it is in contact with the window. The water is preventedfrom wasting, when not needed by shutting off the flow b turning thestop-cock P. The water tric les downI the windows and is caught in theapron K and flows through l higher than the object to be Washed, so thatthe pipe N into the vessel O. a the Water flows through the said spongeor 10 What I claim hereln as new and of my brush at the very time it isrubbed or L invention and desire to secure by Letters scrubbed agansttheWindow. 7 Patent s- K .GEORGE A. MEAGHAM.

The arrangement of a sponge or brush at .Witnessesz the end of a hollow.handle or tube, con- I. P. WATSON, f neeted by a hose or plpe to a bodyof Water E. E. BARNES.

